Combination-tableware.



J. E. HAWLBY. COMBINATION TABLEWARE. APPLIQATIOH FILED JAILQ, 1912.

Patented. Feam 18; 1913.

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aonL n. HAWLEY, or KANSAS CITY, MISSoUaI, ASS GnoR or ONE-HALF To HARRY SNYDER, or KANSAS CITY, MIssoURI.

' COMBINATION-TABLEWARE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 18, 1913. Application filed January 9, 1912. Serial No. 670,153. it

To all whom it'may concern: r

Be it known that I, JOEL E.'HAWLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, infthe -county'of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain 7 new and useful Improvements in Combiware and has for its object to prov in assembled relation.

nation-Tableware; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact :de--

scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertain-s to make and use the Same, reference being had tothe accompanyingdrawings, and to theletters and ,figuresof reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combinationggable ea device of this class which-is simple in con- Struction, easy of assemblage and cheap to manufacture."

Another object is to construct a device,

the members of which are readily accessible and sanitary when in assembled relation.

A further object of my invention is to provide a combination device, the membersof which are stamped out of sheet metal and assembled to economize material and space, being especially adaptable for outing and army equipment, or in cafeterias, wherein simplicity, lightness of weight and sanitation are particularly necessary.

To these ends my invention consists in the construction and combination of parts as-hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and set forth in the claims. I

- Referring now to the drawings, wherein the same part is designated by the same reference numeral, wherever it is shown, Figure I is a plan view of the preferred form of my device, showing the members view of Fig. I. Fig. III shows perspective views of the knife, fork and spoon members out of their assembled relation. Fig. IV

is a cross section of the assembled members 'struck out ;of an integral sheet of metal.

011 eachedge, the handle portion 2 is provided with a'longitudina-lly extending, in-- wardly projecting flange 4:, having. por- Fig. II is a side tions spaced from the handlesbody which, by their extension over the said handle portlon, from channels 5 between the undersurface of the said flanges and flat base of the handle portion.

The fork member 6 is of integral construction, comprisinga flat handle portion handle portion 11 and a concaved bowl portion 12, the handle being provided with a groove 13 and a rib 14 on its opposite sides extending the length thereof at its central part. The edges 15 and 16 of said fork and spoon handle portions extend in parallel relation, and when assembled the handle portions 7 and 11 are arranged so that they lie in snug relation on the opposite sides of the handle portion 2 of the knife memher, the parallel edges 15 and 16 taking into the channels 5 of said knife member and being held in position thereon by the flanges 4:.

The .prong portion 8 of the fork member 6, and the bowl'portion 12 of the spoon member are concaved to. a greater degree than is ordinarily necessary in the construction of individual devices so that they will be slightly sprung to provide a tensioning means whereby the said fork and spoon members will he held in snug relation when assembled on the knife handle.

The tines 17 of the prong portion of said forkmember engage the blade portion 3 of the knife member, and the tip 18 of the bowl portion of the spoon member engages the opposite side of the blade portion 3, so that said tines and tip are under tension in their assembled position and lie against said blade, to hold the handle portions within .the channels 5 of the knife member and againstv lateral movement from said knife handle portion.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. Combination tableware comprising a knife, a forkand a spoon, the knife comprising a handle portion, having edge flanges extending over and spaced from both face portions ofthe handlethe fork and Egon membeis lying on opposite sides of the knife and comprising handle poi flan es extendin over and s aced from both face portions of the handle, the fork and spoon members lying on opposite sides of the knife and comprising liar ile portions having longitudinal edges rojected beneath the flanges on the knife handle, and having stiffening ribs extending longitudinally through their central portions and lying between facing edges of -the knife handle flanges.

3. Combination tableware consisting of separate knife, fork and spoon members, having flat handle portions. the knife handle having flanges projecting laterally from both edges and turned back over opthe knife.

4%. Combination tableware consisting of separate knife, fork and spoon members,

having fiat handle portions, the knife :7

handle having fiangesprojecting laterally from both edges and turned back over opposite facesv of the handle, the. fork and spoon handles having edge portions pro jected beneath said flanges, and having central ribs extending longitudinally therethrough and tending lO spring the side edges against the knife flanges In testimony whereof 1 aliix my signatitre in presence of two witne JOEL E. HAW'LEY.

i/Vitnessess JOHN F. Vv'Ann, ARTHUn (1 BROWN. 

